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Can I read Major Turning Points in Jewish Intellectual History on EtoBox?
Major Turning Points in Jewish Intellectual History by David Aberbach is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Major Turning Points in Jewish Intellectual History about?
This book analyzes major transformations in Jewish life and thought: from idolatry to exclusive monotheism in the biblical age, from state-based identity to cultural nationalism in the Roman empire; and, in the European Diaspora, from theology to secularism and revived political nationalism in the modern period. Fundamental questions are asked about Jewish survival in a variety of topics including prophecy, Jewish law, Midrash, the Roman-Jewish wars, Stoicism, secular poetry in Muslim Spain, Marx and Freud, and Hebrew literature through the ages. Erscheinungsdatum: 05.11.2003
Who reads Major Turning Points in Jewish Intellectual History?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- David Aberbach
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781280043727
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Social Science, Judaism